Work began yesterday in Mobile, Ala. on a portion of North Section Street after a stretch of sidewalk was wiped-out on Sunday. Over 9 inches of rain and a failed drainage pipe caused the sidewalk to collapse.
City officials called an emergency meeting Monday, and since then, workers have been repairing the issue.
“I really want to give credit to our staff, our city engineer, and our public works director who were out that evening and that morning and got out and really made a game plan,” Mayor Sherry Sullivan said.
The repairs will cost over $700,000. But that’s a price the city is willing to pay to get this fixed.
“The traffic through that area is going to be really congested when school starts. School starts next week so again, we’re trying to be as timely as we can in getting that road back open,” said Mayor Sullivan
Until work is completed, anyone driving on Section Street should take the Bayou Drive detour.
“Please avoid that area. If you’re a pedestrian and you walk, find a different route. It’s just for 15 days. Just try to avoid that area if at all possible. Just find another route to take,” Mayor Sullivan said.
Source: WKRG, WALA
